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Using Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper

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Marco Ramilli, founder and CEO at cyber security firm Yoroi has explained how to use Microsoft Powerpoint as Malware Dropper. The script downloads a file named: AZZI.exe and saves it by a new name: VRE1wEh9j0mvUATIN3AqW1HSNnyir8id.exe on a System temporary directory for running it.

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APT34: Glimpse project

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The package comes with a README file having as a name “Read me.txt” (note the space). The name per se is quite unusual and the content is a simple guide on how to set a nodejs server and a Windows server who would run the “stand alone”.NET The panel reads those files and implements stats and actions.

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Hacking The Hacker. Stopping a big botnet targeting USA, Canada and Italy

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My entire “Cyber adventure” began with a simple email within a.ZIP file named “Nuovo Documento1.zip” Stage1 was dropping and executing a brand new PE file named: rEOuvWkRP.exe (sha256: 92f59c431fbf79bf23cff65d0c4787d0b9e223493edc51a4bbd3c88a5b30b05c) using the bitsadmin.exe native Microsoft program.